Lessons on Democracy: Qualities of Leadership

Democracy requires leaders who understand the responsibility they hold as elected leaders. In this episode, we will return to the speech President Kennedy made in Massachusetts, now referred to as the "City on a Hill" speech. Historian Fredrik Logevall joins a conversation that will look at the four specific qualities of leadership Kennedy highlighted as essential for a healthy democracy. This episode is part one of a four-part series taking a closer look at what made President John F. Kennedy a strong democratic leader, not as a leader of the Democratic Party, but as the leader of a modern democracy.

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Lessons on Democracy: Qualities of Leadership is an episode from JFK35 by John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.

This episode is 28:54 long.

This episode was published on Apr 17, 2025.

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